. >>> steve jobs stood for thermal nuclear war to protect its company. but as apple settles, is it a new stance under tim cook? tony joins us to talk about it. >> good morning. >> are we getting less lit ijous and what does that mean? >> tim cook said he would favor to settle rather than battle in courts going forward assuming they could find conditions for settlement that were appropriate. it's important to remember that htc is a relatively small player in the larger smartphone market and accordingly in the patent wars. i think what we saw here were apple saying we got to concentrate where our firepower is going to be. htc is offering a settlement that seems reasonable and it doesn't make sense for us to continue to divert our energies in doing so. i think that's why we have the settlement with htc. >> this just allows them more energy with which to step on the gas when it comes to samsung? >> well, i think you could certainly view it that way. i also think you could view it as when conditions are in place that apple feels are acceptable, they're willin